Holding means for housings.



H. G, PAPE.

HOLUHW MEANS FOR HOUSIN GS, armcA'r'icm mm mm x3. 19:5.

Patented Feb. 0, 1917.

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HERMAN G. PAPE, OF NEW YORK,

N. n, ASSIGNOR 'ro RALPH A. scnonnnnne, on NEW YORK, n. Y. I

HOLDING MEANS non HOUSlI-NGS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pg flgnt d F b. 2% 11911 W Application filed June 23, 1916. Serial No. 105,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN G. Pm, of

New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Holding Means for Housings, of which the following is a specificatio Heretofore the means for holding or latching together the parts of metal housings have comprised rivets or other devices which frequently tear through the-metal wall of the housing member, because of the thin ness of the metal usually employed in mak-' 'ing the latter.

The main object of my invention to:

overcome this and other defects and to pro:

vide eflicient, simple and. cheap means 'for holding together parts of housings especially metal housings and I have in mind as particular embodiments the metal shells of. electrical apparatus such as lamp .sockets,- switches and the like although my inven-' tion is not by any means limited to these.

One feature of my mvention is a housing member having two openings and with a holding member attached to said housing member, said holding member having .two projections secured within said openings to fasten said holding member to the housing member.

Another feature consists: in bending or up-,

setting the ends. off said projections so as to engage the housing. member "to fasten the v holding member thereto.-

Another feature" consists in'roundingone edge of sfaid 'holding member so as better to accomplish the latching of theparts of the:

housing.

Another feature consists makingthe holding member from sheet metal.

In the accompanyingdrawingsz- Flgure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a lamp socket housing embodying my invention;

Flg. 2 is a plan'view, partlyin section,

of the body sectionjof the lamp socket housing shown in Fig. 1; I

Fig- 3- is an elevation of the section of the housing shown'id'Fig. 1;

of the housing s'hown in Fig. .5 is a plan view-o inafter referred'to; and j P Fig. 6 san' elevation ofa'p'endent switch; having a housing made in accordance with this invention. 1

witha key receiving slot '6 and one of-the holding lugs 5 Heietofore it has been vide the body section'l' almost invariably suchlugs have beeni'n the of connecting it to the v v to the fact that socket Fig. 4 is an elevation of the body section;

Having reference to the drawings, 1 represents the'body section of a lamp socket 1 housing and 2 the cap section, said two sections fitting together. telescopically in the usual fashion and being used as a housing for the other parts, not shown, of the socket. In accordance with my invention the flange or skirt 3 of the cap section 2'is made with a pair of oppositel'y'disposedv slots 4 adapted to interlock with a pair of oppositely disposed holding lugs 5, 5 provided upon the body section 1 near one end of the latter.

The body section iis, as,usual,-formed is placed adjacent said slot so that when it is.

pressed inwardly thus Withdrawing id} l f its Slot moved from the body section.

I desired. to remove the cap section 2 the corner-7 to-which" one of the lugs 5 is secured can be v and permittingthe cap section 2 t o.be;re'z ff The cap section 2 isapplied to body ee i tion 1 by sliding it'down' onto the end of i said 'body.section,'the edge of the skirt 3 provided on the In s flexing the corner inwardly until the lugs corner 7 springs outwardly leaving the two sections locked together.

form of simple .ri'vets, each extending through asimple hole in the body section and upset at its inner end to fasten it in place. As a result the sidewise pressures and strains imposed thereon while the housing was in use and section was being applied-to or. removed from the body section, acted to flexthe metal I particularly while the cap of body section 1 adjacent the rivet-stud and made. from very thin :at'asmgle'point; To 'obviate these objections I make each stud 5-in the form of a staple having two legs ,9.connected by an intermediate body portion 5 reach and enter the slots 4 whereupon'the 7 customary to pro with two lugs but no if 80 sliding over rounded or beveled surfaces S j g 5 and at the same time 10. Two separate holes are provided in housing section 1 at 11 and 12 for each stud 5 and after legs 9 of the stud have been inserted in said holes against section 1 thus permanently fastening the stud in place with the body 10 thereof incontact with the outer side of said section.

This construction not only distributes the strains and stresses upon a plurality of joints but the wall of the housing between said joints backs up and supports the stud thus relieving the two joints to a material extent.

' The staple shaped stud 5 above described may be produced in any desired manner, but I prefer to stamp the same out of sheet metal because the means employed with this method can be made to produce the rounded or beveled surface 8 at the same time that the staple is cut from the sheet metal.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a pendent switch having a housing comprising a body section from the outside, the inner ends of legs 9 are upset or bent over "elongated body more studs 5 and a comprising a housing member having two openings and a holding extendingv crosswise of the legs in said openings, said body engaging said housmg member at substantially all points between said-openings.

HERMAN G; PAPE.

member having an axis of said housing member and having two 

